May 19th in Gennett History, 1925: Hitch’s Happy Harmonists under the direction of Hoagy Carmichael recorded “Washboard Blues” in Richmond. It appeared on Ge 3066, Buddy 8005, & Br 02206. The band featured Fred Rollison-c, Jerry Bump-tb, Harry ‘Mousey’ Wright-cl, Myron ‘Rookie’ Neal-C-mel.s, Dewey Neal-bs, Haskell Simpson-bb, Hoagy Carmichael-p, Arnold Habbe or Maurice Mays-bj, & Earl ‘Buddy’ MacDowell-d.
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